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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-08
Character in Toothpioks.
STUDYING MEN's CHARACTER ny THE WAY
THEY USE TooTHriCKs.

"Talk about phrenology,' said the
cashier of well-kuown restaurant, 81
can get at mans character without
feeling of his bumps. just keep your
eye on this man,
AS he spoke portly, dignified gen.
tlemau walked leisurely to the desk
and laid down a check wrapped in a
S5 note. Then he drew a toothpicb
from tumbler on the desk, inserted it
between his double teeth, looked the
cashier calmly in the eye, struck an
easy attitude, and waited for his change.
When it was passed over he put it in
to his waistcoat pocket and left the
restaurant with the toothpick still pro-
truding from his mouth.
"That," said the cashier, sis man
of business. Did you notice how con
fidently he picked his teeth That is
sure sign that he is in no danger OF
failure. He is man whom you may
trust, and one who will always count
the change you give him. Now observe
this one."
The next customer grabbed tooth.
pick and jabbed it between his teeth in
nervous manner. He gouged away
here and there until tho toothpick
broke in half. Throwing the fragments
on the floor, he gathered up the change
for a fifty cent piece and dashed from
the place as though detective were
on his track.
"A bad man that" commented the
cashier, sand one who is treacherous
withal. Any man who stabs at his
gums as that man did would use a
knife in a quarrel. The manner in
which he cast the useless toothpick on
the ground is significant of how he
would treat friend who had gone
broke to serve him.
"Lord,' continued the cashier, ave
studied this subject so much that
could keep talking all day on it. I an
willing to bet that l am right nearly
every time. You see, no one suspects
that he is being judged according to
the way he uses toothpick, aud he
acts perfectly natural. A man car
change the expression of his face, and
the hair of most mer covers theil
bumps, but the innocent toothpick il
what gives them away"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-08
Fools Rush in, Etc.

A big, burly westerner josJled against
tall, we'll built young man with a
light mustache in the Nicellet house
yesterday. The young man tried to
get out of the others way, but unfor
tunately he struck the western mans
foot.
81 beg your pardon" SAID the young
man with the light mustache. "Excuse
my awkwardness."
"Confound your stupidity, "the west
erner burst forth. "Why in-can t
you be more careful7 I've good
notion to break your head. A man
like you ought to be thrashed, and l
ought to do it,"
The young man merely bowed his
head and moved away.
"Who is that fellow7" asked the
westerner of Clerk Shaefer.
"That's Pat Killen, who is matched
to fight Sullivan" was the reply.
The westerner was not visible the re-
mainder of the days.. Paul Globe.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-08
Longevity.

When mankind receives the wise
raising and training that is expended
on horses and cattle. the Scriptural
limit of three score and ten will be re-
moved to at least five score. 1t has
been estimated that the normal
longevity of an animal is five times its
period of growth. This rule gives q
lion twenty, a dog ten, camel forty,
and horse twenty-five years. Mans
twenty years of growth, by this calcu-
lation entities him to one hundred.
The French chemist Chevreul, of Paris,
has reached his hundredth year, with
a vigor and clearness of intellect un-
dimmed, and in a world comparatively
ignorant of the highest laws of life,
and while he is at present an extreme,
it is indicative of what is possible to
all, under better training and a greater
degree of enlightenment. Other ex.
tremes have gone many years beyond
this. Noah Raby, of Plainfeld, New
Jersey, is ia, and supports himself by
his work in the Summer, and looks
like man of eighty.
Longevity has its basis in the higher
faculties. Women, having feebler
bodies, but stronger moral natures,
rank higher in longevity than men.
Of sudden deaths there are seven times
more of men than of women. The
life force organizes a body in accord
ance with It's own character, and this
vital force is affected by its environ
ments, in the nature of education, air,
food and motives. The human body
is a tenement, of which life is the
builder. We shall not easily be re-
leased from the influence of any false
opinion into which we have been ed
ucated, but we can continue to make
heroic and noble struggles, and thereby
enjoy increasing hopes.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-08
Cairo Children.

1t is the poor children here that
most move me to pity and make me
lose sight of the wonderfully varied
and picturesque scores of Cairo, writes
a Detroit Tribune correspondent from
Egypt. The poor little things, borne
astride the shoulder of their mothers,
otter. seem more dead than alive, and
the little hand catohing SO feeblv, yet
confidently, to her headgear is sight
most pitiful. 1t is said that seventy
eight per cent. of the children die here
in infancy. have seen several funer-
ais of children. They are borne along
the streets in an open wooden box with
a gray pail thrown over it, a motley
crowd bearing the box and others fol-
lowing chanting song with not the
least degree of solemnity. Neither the
mother nor any woman is ever allowed
to follow, and at the grave the child
is taken out of the box, and, scarcely
wrapped at all, is dropped into the
sand.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-08
He Was Not 0verpowered.

A certain New England Governor
had occasion to visit a tribe of Indians
who have their home within his iuris-
dction, and took his staff along with
him. One of the officers, who was of
consequent turn, resolved to make a
deep impression upon the untutored
red man, and with this object arrayed
himself with great care and crowded
on all the gold lace and braid that his
uniform would bear. AS he expected,
the display attracted the attention of
the Chief OF the tribe, but the impress
ion made on him was not just what the
owner of the snowy uniform had look
ed for. AS he stru,ted up TO the Chief
the latter expressed himself in curt
Indian fashion: "You army p "No,"
said the officer "Nlvyf" mo
"Miltia2 :" "Yes.' Whereupon the
Chief with look of supreme contempt,
calculated so, bah l"-Boston Post
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-08
A Wrecked Life,

Omaha Widow-I should greatly
like to meet your wife, Mr.. De Sweet
Mr.. De Sweet have no wife.
i can sympathize with you. You,
too, have lost"
81 never was married"
"Oh You are engaged though, !
presume, and
81 have never been engaged, mad
am"
"Ah! begin to understand. Some
sad romance of the past has left its
mark upon your heart so deep that
"No, no. | have never been in love
/ would not tie myself down to a wo,
man if she were sent down from Heav
en- TO me"
"Mercy! A woman hater Oh
What could have so perverted your
naturel What has happened to"
81 am dry goods clerk"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-08
Mrs. Cleveland Uses Dumb Bells.

From Washington Special.
1t has been remarked that Mrs.
Cleveland possesses exceptionally
strong wrists, and is consequently able
TO endure the prolonged handshakiDg
of public receptions without over-ia-
tigue. Her strength of muscle is at
tributed to her persistent use of dumb
bells. She is said to DE quite gym
mast and owes much of her graceful
carriage to the thorough command of
her body given by calisthenio exercises,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-08
Proper Indignation.

"Chappie, was gwossly insulted to
day, y,doncher know remarked Fitzper
cy.
"Ahl how did it occur, me deal
boyi" inquired De Sappy.
Il went to buy hat, you see, and
ahsked the cweachah at the stoh; 'Ah
what soht of hat do you think woult
suit met and the wetch replied, as
bwazen as you please, "A soft one, sir.
"Did you wesent the insulli'
"iaas, promptly"
slow did you wesent lt9'
II said WAITS veal loud and slam
med the door as | went out. Pitts
6trgh Chronicle Telegraph.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-08
Thev fell in Pblladelphia that yea,

They tell in Philadelphia that years
ago boy named Edwin ii. Filter
clim'ed upon the roof of the old
Bridesburg rope walk to shoot a crow.
He shot the crow, but the watchman
of the building pulled him down from
the roof and gave him a fogging. Ed
win IL. Filter, the same one, is now
Mayor-elect of the city and owner of
that rope walk, and that the same
watchman is one of his employers-too
old to work, but pensioned handsomely.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-08
Y WITHIN C. sHoRTLIDGEs ACADEMY,
W orking Classes Attention.

We are now prepared TO furnish all classes with
employment at home, the whole OF the time, OF
Ior lhelr spare moments. Business new, light and
prontable. Persons OF either sex easily earn from
oO cents TO $500 per evening" and a proportional
sum Dy deyoting all their time to the business
BOYS ana girls earn nearly as much as men, lnab
all who see this may send their address, and test
the business we make this oner. 10 such as are
not Wen satisfied we will send one dollar to pay
Ior tne trouble OF writing, Full particulars an
outhI S ,fee. Address GEoRGR STIssoN Co., Por
lahu, Maine. dec24-s6ly,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-08
The Sensations of the Dying.

1t is doubtless the case that in many
instances-and perhaps they are the
majority-dying persons lapse grad
ually into an unconsciousness that ends
their bodily pain, and saves them from
the anguish of the final parting with
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-08

those they leave behind. 1t is not un-
common, however, for clearness OF
comprehension to persist TO the last,
and perhaps it is still more common for
some of the special senses to preserve
their activity. We think IL was Err
nest Wagner, who in his General
Pathology dwell particularly on the
preservation of the sense of hearing in
many cases long after the apparent
occurrence of Inconsistencies, and
who tenderly cautioned his readers that
this possibility should be borne in mind.
-Ner YORK MedicnL journal
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-08

On the train the other day an old
man showed up a window as the loco
motive whistled for crossing and
stuck half his body out TO see what
the row was about. The brakeman
happened to pass through the car, and
seeing the situation, he said:
"Better take your head in, sir"
"Why?"
because you might strike post or
SWITCH
"Y es, that's so,' muttered the old
man, as he pulled himself in and sat
down, "and the railroad would hop on
to me for damages. It's better to be
on the safe side"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-08
. .IREs' ROOT BEER.

Package 9b cents makes gallons of delicious,
sparkling, temperance beverage. strengthens
and purifes the blood It's purity and decacy
commend 1t to ALL Sold by all druggists and
24Juneitd.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-08
KEYSTONE ACADEMY.
JOHN II. HARRIS, Ph. d., Principal

NAN can live at home, ana make more money at
Hllll work for US, than anything else in this
tuV world. Capital not needed; you are started
free. Both sexes all ages. Any one can do
the work. Large earnings sure from first start.
Costly outfit and terms free. Better not delay.
Costs you nothing to send us your address and
find out II you are wise you Will do SO at once. ii
HALLSTr Co., Portland, Maine. dec24-s6-1y
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-08

W. F. HALSTEAD, Supt.
Superintendent's ONCE. Scranton. Feb. lst,1 so
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-07-07

Mr.. Brown started when he felt 9
hand on his shoulder, and, turning. he
saw by the light of the late noon
Teieno wrapped in her maztilla. She
did not speak, but pulled Hsrry's
shoulder until he got up. With her
finger on her lip she led The way
through the chapparal until they were
out of hearing from the houses, and
then she flung herself passIonately in.
to his arms, kissing him again and
again Tereno led him down the
gulc!i to the left, and walking care
fully around the big bowlder she
pointed TO the gold snake lying there
in his coil.
The marriage of Senorita Terens
Munoz and Mr.. Henry Brown took
place within two weeks after the sale
OF the Gold snake quartz mine. There
we're present the father and neither o.
the bride.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-07-07
Some Wise women.

A poor clergyman died and left .
widow and two daughters. One of
these daughters was an invalid and
the other became the mainstay of the
little family. Like too many girls,
she had received a general but super
fetal education, which did not qualify
her to teach anything. She had no
taste or skill as n milliner OF dress
maker. What could she dop Acct
dentally, she heard a number of house
keepers regretting the impossibility Of
having hot, fresh cakes for Sundays
breakfast. She had recipe for ma
king English mullins, which, if baked
on Saturday, can be heated the next
morning.
She called on her friends and took
orders for these mullins. The cakes
were delicious and promptly served.
Her customers increased. She has
now large establishment and COM
Portable income.
Another woman, in the same posi-
ton, took stock of herself to discover
what she could do.
81 know" she said, "that it is the
thing which we can do better than any
body else, however trivial it may be,
which commands success. had but
one little craft; I could dress hair and
understood its management set out
upon tour through the inland towns
and villages of the middle states, ad-
vertising that Mrs. P would teach
ladies to dress their hair becomingly,
and to care for it on scientific prin-
ciples.
"In these small towns coiffures are
unknown. was the first to enter a
new field, and reaped rich harvest.
Since then / have visited and found
business in a great many of the larger
towns of the United States"
Another woman, a half-starved
dressmaker in great city where there
were hundreds of dressmakers, over
heard a gentleman in a street-car say
there was no place in the city where a
man could have his socks and under.
wear mended. She took room neal
college and opened mending shop.
She, too, was the one person in the
possession OF q new business, and Of
course she succeeded. Youths Com.
| ald1lSO92
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-07-07
Tired Out.

When natural gas was first made use
of in Pittsburg for fuel the agent of Il
company wanted an old Dutchman to
become customer.
Il tell you aboudc dot" replied the
old man, as he felt of the back of his
head, sit vhas all right if nature makes
dot gas for nothings, but hat discov-
cred dot when somebody vhocks for
nothings he gets tired oudt oy and by
and goes on II strike that makes your
head shwin.
Some of the natural gas wells are
now on Il strike which will probably
have no end. Wal: Street NeUs.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-07-07

All medical authorities agree that
catarrh is no more nor less than an
inflammation ofthe lining membrane
of the nasal air passages. Nasal catarrh
and all catarrhal affections Of the head
are not diseases of the blood, and 1T is. q
erious mistake to treat them as such.
No conscientious physician ever at
tempts to do SO. 1t is held by eminent
medical men that sooner or later q
specific will be found for every disease
from which humanity suffers. The
facts justify us in assuming that for
catarrh at least a positive cure already
exists in Ely's Cream Balm. 2r
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-07-07
A Comparison Favorable to America.

The amount annually spent by the
European countries to keep up their
armies and navies is G1S1, ,120, 600.
The amount spent by America is about
G8,o00,000. Adding therefore, the
cost for war debts and for ornaments
together, it will be seen that Europe
pays 1884, 760, 900, and America Els
GOO, 600 per annum. How possibly can
Europe hope to hold her own against
her transatlantic rival when she hand
leaps herself, in the struggle for COM
mercial supremacy, with the stupend-
Gus charge of f376, 10000 per annump
AS It this were not enough, is each
year increasing her burden, while
America is each year reducing hers
London Truth.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-07-07
Where Irving is Buried.

From paper by Clarence Cook,
accompanied by protrait, in the Cen
tary, we quote as follows: II confess
l heard not without a secret pleasure
that the relic-hunters so chip and ham,
mer the stone that marks Irvings
grave as to make its frequent renewal
necessary. 1t did not seem to me IA
grievous wrong, nor in any true sense
a proclamation of the grave, but rather
testimony to the loyableness of Irv-
ing's character, and an evidence of the
wide extent of his fame, that, from
filling the circle of the educated and
refined among his eountrymen, has
now come to include that lower
stratum of our common humanity
which has only instructive and, SO to
speak, mechanical ways of expressing
its feelings.
at would not have been easy to find
a place more in harmony with the
associations that gather about Irving's
name as q writer than the spot in
which he is buried. Even to-day, with
all the changes that have been brought
about by the growth of the neighbor-
ing settlement, the spirit of peace and
quiet that used to brood over the
region hovers there undisturbed. Irv-
ings own words, in the Legend of
Sleepy Hollow describing the grave
yard. the old church, and the stream
that plays about its feet, reflect with
the faithfulness of a mirror the scene
as we behold it to-day.
"Here is the church, small build
ing with rough sides of the country
stone, surmounted by picturesque
roof, and with, an open bell-turret over
which still veers the vane pierced with
the initials of the Vrederick Felypsen
who built the church and endowed it
in 1899. In our rambles about the
graveyard we used to find the bricks
of ight-colored clay, brought from
Holland, and of which, SO tradition
said, the church had been originally
built, or which had, at any rate, been
largely used in its construction.
''The church was seldom used. ex-
cept in the summertime. On COM
munion Sundays the handsome seven
teenth=century Jacobean table of oak
brought from Holland, where plenty
like it may still be found, was set out,
as it is to-day, with the plain vessels
of silver presented by Queen Anne,
as the formula goes, that used to
please my childish taste for things that
had about them the flavor of old days.
"The same budding taste for antiqui-
ties led me and some of my school
mates to the old graveyard, where we
hunted up the oldest tombstones,
scraping off the moss and lichens to
decipher the names and dates, and en-
joying many laugh over their carved
ornaments, scrolls, and cockle-shells,
and sturdy, dew-lapped. Dutch cher
ubs, with their stumpy little wings
scored like cheeker-boards for plum
age. Many of these graye-stones were
said to have been imported from Hol-
land by the early settlers, like the
bricks of which the church was built,
the table in the church, and much of
. the furniture to be found in the farm
houses of the countryside, chairs and
tables, cupboards, and even looking
glasses. The carvings, memorial ver-
ses, and scripture-texts upon these
tombstones were cut by the more skill
full workmen overseas, and the names
and dates were filled in here at home
as occasion called"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-07-07
DITCH NOTICE.

10 all Lot and Land Owners Municipal Corporations
aHectedb the Ditch Improvement Herein Designated
Jaco wnglr re.ai.
In the matter of County Ditch
nimont
mi downe nando
yudh
County
Of eSouhw
mile North
here terminate
beer
dby
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mab toyoui
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OWNERS NAMES alss ofcO
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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-07-07
THE CAR SERVICE OF THE
WABASH RAILWAY

WABASH GALWAY
8 the very best, and consists Of Handsome New
SMOKING and PARL0R COACHES, Elegant
FREE, RECLINING CHAIR CARS, the best
and most completely equipped DINING CAR
SERVICE in the World and the magnificent
PULLMAN PALACE, WAGNER and WOOD.
RUFF SLEEPING CARS.
The road-bed Is kept in splendid condition.
The tracks are all laid with heavy steel rails,
and the fast time, close connections and superior
accommodations en- the Wabash are uneqnaied By
any other line.
Information in regard to Routes, Rates. Time
OF Trains, Connections, etc. viii be cheerfnlly
or BY letter, to any Agent Of the wabash Railway.
JOHN McNULTA, S.w. SNOW.
Receiver, Gen'l Passenger Agent
CHICAGO.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-07-07
We Tell You Plainly

thai Simmons Liver Regulator will rid
you of dyspepsia, headache, constipa-
ton and hiliousness. 1t will break up
chills and fever and prevent their re-
turn, and is a completeantidote for all
malarial poison-yet entirely free from
quinine or calomel. Try it, and you
will be astonished at the good results
of the genuine Summons Liver Regu-
lator, prepared by J. H. Zeilin & CO.
mo
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-07-07
II OFT c. e
TEACHERS

The Board Of School Examiners Of Henry count
Ohio, will hold meetings for the examination Of ar
plicants for teachers certificates as follows:
In Basement of Court House in NJ
poIeon, Ohio, on the 1st and Sd Sstur
days in March and the list and Sd Sat
urdnys in April and May, the list Sat.
urdny in June. July and August, tho
list and sd Saturdays in September
and the LIST and Sd Sa, urdays in Octo,
Der, the 1st and Sd Saturdays in Ne
vember, and the tst Saturdays In De
cember, January and February.
Evidence Of good moral character will be required
Of all candidates. That evidence to be a personal
knowledge of the Examiners concerning the appli.
can't, or certificates Of good moral character from
some reliable source.
H.. 4 :, j, zsF.ak;s7sp, 5{!5sk;s7 Examiners
Feb20-7S
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-07-07

A St Louis clergyman preached last
Sunday night against the ballet in
opera. He probably thinks. and right
ly too, that old l;rdies should be at home,
in the evening AeW HaUel NeUs.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-07-07
JOB PRINTING.

We Cut and Print all Kinds, Sizes
and Stylesof NEf
Tickets, Cards, Checks, Foldersand Labels
Order OF Dances and Bills Of Fare, Wedding,
Ball and Invitation Cards, Bill, Note, Letter
ana Statement Heads, Drafts, Receipts
NOTES and Checks, Dodgers, Handbills, Pro.
Pamphlets, Envelopes, etc. 77 !. :
. Get our prices before looking elsewhere
send us cory of what you want and we will
quote you pricesso that you can save money.
L. L. ORwIa,
DRMooRATIo NORTHWEST,
Napoleon, O